Nonlinear frequency conversion in optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces: Materials evolution and fabrication

Rahmani M, Leo G, Brener I, Zayats AV, Maier SA, De Angelis C, Tan H, Gili VF, Karouta F, Oulton R, Vora K, Lysevych M, Staude I, Xu L, Miroshnichenko AE, Jagadish C, Neshev DN (2018)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Opto-Electronic Advances Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Book Volume: 1

Pages Range: 1-12

Article Number: 180021

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.29026/oea.2018.180021

Abstract

Nonlinear frequency conversion is one of the most fundamental processes in nonlinear optics. It has a wide range of applications in our daily lives, including novel light sources, sensing, and information processing. It is usually assumed that nonlinear frequency conversion requires large crystals that gradually accumulate a strong effect. However, the large size of nonlinear crystals is not compatible with the miniaturisation of modern photonic and optoelectronic systems. Therefore, shrinking the nonlinear structures down to the nanoscale, while keeping favourable conversion efficiencies, is of great importance for future photonics applications. In the last decade, researchers have studied the strategies for enhancing the nonlinear efficiencies at the nanoscale, e.g. by employing different nonlinear materials, resonant couplings and hybridization techniques. In this paper, we provide a compact review of the nanomaterials-based efforts, ranging from metal to dielectric and semiconductor nanostructures, including their relevant nanofabrication techniques.

Involved external institutions

Sandia National Laboratories US United States (USA) (US) King’s College London GB United Kingdom (GB) Australian National University (ANU) AU Australia (AU) Università degli Studi di Brescia IT Italy (IT) Imperial College London / The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine GB United Kingdom (GB) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena DE Germany (DE) University of New South Wales (UNSW) AU Australia (AU)

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APA:

Rahmani, M., Leo, G., Brener, I., Zayats, A.V., Maier, S.A., De Angelis, C.,... Neshev, D.N. (2018). Nonlinear frequency conversion in optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces: Materials evolution and fabrication. Opto-Electronic Advances, 1(10), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2018.180021

MLA:

Rahmani, Mohsen, et al. "Nonlinear frequency conversion in optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces: Materials evolution and fabrication." Opto-Electronic Advances 1.10 (2018): 1-12.

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